Local Sports

Local business owner and athlete Taryn Romanowich - owner of CrossFit FUNCTION - recently competed at the 2015 CrossFit Games Canada West Open qualifier, finishing second out of nearly three thousand athletes after five weeks of rigorous competition.

The Good Spirit School Division (GSSD) held their annual mandatory qualifying outdoor track and field meet this past Thursday with over 400 students from seven different schools taking part in a full day of what the teachers see as an ‘extended phys.

The Yorkton United Girls U18 team competed in their firt tournament of the outdoor season as they travelled to Saskatoon to compete at the 2015 Lakewood Kickstart. tournament.

The Yorkton Blitz 17U Girls’ volleyball team took part in the Saskatchewan Volleyball Association’s Provincial Championships on the weekend of May 1-3 in Saskatoon.

Mother Nature tried her best to ruin the motocross races at Yorkton’s Millstone Raceway this past Sunday, May 17, however the hard work and determination of volunteers and riders alike kept her at bay long enough for the event to go off without a hit

The Parkland Expos midget ‘AAA’ baseball team welcomed the Swift Current Indians to Melville’s Pirie Field for two games this past Sunday in a rematch of their first series of the season that saw the two teams split a double header back in Swift Curr

It’s been awhile since I’ve been able to put together a ‘Hot Corner’ column simply due to the fact that I believe the local sporting events held throughout the city are more important than my opinion column.

YRHS Raider all-star linebacker Jon Muir will not be putting away the pads once he graduates from high school this summer. Instead, the 6’0”, 185-pound middle linebacker will simply be changing jerseys.

In the City of Yorkton there are two sports in particular that instantly come to mind: One, of course, is hockey, where Yorkton has picked up provincial championships like a small child picks his nose; far more often than is expected.

The Yorkton Legion Track Club attended their first outdoor track meet of the season recently. In total the team recorded 16 podium finishes, five of which were of the first place variety while six were second and five were third.